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The suburb of Mount Kembla is located in the Local Government area of Wollongong and covers an area of approximately 5.8 Sq Km.

The surrounding suburbs include Kembla Heights, Cordeaux Heights and Farmborough Heights.

In 2006, the population of Mount Kembla was 1,400 people, with the main age group being people between 40 and 49 years of age.

The largest segment of the population are Full Time, in general those in employment work as Professionals with most people travelling to work by driving a car.

There are approximately 401 dwellings, with the majority of these (99%) being house. 45.1% of properties in the area are fully owned, with 42.9% of the properties being purchased and 89% being owner occupied.

Married people account for 88% of the population and households in Mount Kembla are mainly Couples with no children.

There are 4 Parks, a Child Care Centre and a Primary School.

Local Amenities include a Post Office and a Church.

Currently, the median sale price of Houses, Units and Vacant Land in Mount Kembla is ( insufficient data to determine a median price ) compared to $387,055 for the Local Government Area of Wollongong.

Mount Kembla is a mountain in New South Wales, Australia, as well a semi-rural township of Wollongong, which gets its name from the mountain.

Kembla is an Aboriginal word meaning "plenty of game".

Four sub-areas are often classified collectively as "Mount Kembla": Kembla Heights, Windy Gully, Cordeaux Valley and Kembla Village (known formerly as American Creek and Violet Hill, respectively).

Mount Kembla Village is considered the "main" village. The village includes a local primary school, church and graveyard, several hundred houses and the Mount Kembla Hotel, which was built in 1896. The general store/post office closed in 2010, making it the first time in 145 years the village has been without one. The village also has a heritage centre showcasing local history, emphasizing the mining disaster. An annual Heritage Festival and 96 Candles Ceremony, commemorating the victims of the mine disaster, have been performed consistently every year since the disaster. The village is accessible from Wollongong, via Cordeaux Road, named after early settlers; and from Mount Keira via Harry Graham Drive. The small village of Kembla Heights is to the northwest, reached by Harry Graham Drive.

The Mount Kembla Colliery was established in 1883, and the purpose-built township was constructed by the company to house the employees. The community thrived until late-1970 when the mine closed and the town went into decline, losing its general store, post office, Presbyterian church, tennis courts and public telephones during the following years.

BHP Billiton is a mining/steel export company which owns substantial property on and around Mount Kembla. It is currently mining at the Dendrobium site, half a kilometre west of the village. Mount Kembla is joined to the west by the Illawarra escarpment and, in particular, a mass with two lower summits, Kembla West (512 m) and Mount Burelli (531 m). The mountain forms a prominent peak pointing approximately eastward.